A storm of blessings

Matthew 7:24-27 (NASB)

24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock. 26 Everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27 The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell—and great was its fall.”

Warning: Analogies will we made, and then stretched like a taffy pull.

I was doing a simple word study on the use of water, and water-related words, in Matthew. When you do that, you get some odd associations. Water, and rain, are often used in association with blessings or miracles.

While it is obvious that Jesus is referring to a storm, it is fun to flip this around and think of the rain as a bringer of blessings. In a sense, this analogy does work. Only those well-grounded in the Word and in Jesus Himself, are going to be able to handle a "storm" of wealth, or fame, or charismatic out-pouring. When you think of the how so many "mega-church" or prominent TV ministries have imploded, a "storm" of blessing will still cause the house to fall.